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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 32 to 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conflicting characteristics does Kapuscinski perceive in Khomeini when he sees him on television?
(a) Dead eyes, but grand, sweeping arm gestures.
(b) Lively eyes, but a lack of expression.
(c) Lively eyes, but a curious lack of arm movement.
(d) Dead eyes, but a smiling expression.

2. Agha Mohammed Khan, during a massacre, ordered what fate for the children of the town?
(a) They were left unharmed.
(b) They were beheaded.
(c) They were blinded.
(d) Their legs were severed.

3. How many informants for Savak were there?
(a) Three million.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Thirty thousand.

4. Kapuscinski notes that Khomeini is successful because of his persistent emphasis of what single message?
(a) The U.S. embassy should be shut down.
(b) The Shah must go.
(c) Wealth should be redistributed.
(d) America is evil.

5. How did Iran's infrastructure change under Reza Khan's rule?
(a) Infrastructure was funded, but corruption prevented any actual improvements.
(b) Infrastructure continued to be neglected.
(c) Infrastructure was intentional destroyed in a bid for power.
(d) Infrastructure improved significantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What for Kapuscinski symbolizes the promise of easy wealth and power for Middle Easterners, particularly the poor?

2. Which is NOT one of the items Kapuscinski has on his desk at the opening of the book?

3. Who does Reza Khan replace as a military commander in 1917?

4. What action by the Shah compels Khomeini to begin speaking out against him?

5. In Photograph 1, one of the men in the photograph murdered which well-known figure?

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